Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'how' occurs 740 times in the standard works.

227 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'how' in the standard works and contain 30.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 77 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 12:1-7 (12 in 7 verses)

Job 25:4-26:3 (7 in 6 verses)

Rom. 10:14-15 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Hosea 11:8 (4 in 1 verse)

Ps. 13:1-2 (4 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 10:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Matt. 16:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 15:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Sam. 11:7 (3 in 1 verse)

Jer. 51:41 (3 in 1 verse)

Lam. 1:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:20 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:6 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:17 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 13:29 (3 in 1 verse)

D&C 19:15 (3 in 1 verse)

Ps. 94:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 12:4-5 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:1-2 (3 in 2 verses)

Obad. 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Jacob 6:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 11:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 47:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 8:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 9:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Cor. 7:32-34 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 6:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 30:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 23:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 13:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 8:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 21:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 4:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 44:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 133:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 139:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 4:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Song. 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 14:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 48:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 50:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 9:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 8:39 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 11:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 20:35 (2 in 1 verse)

Philip. 4:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 3:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:10 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 18:30 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 46:8 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 14:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 6:30 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 43:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 10:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 14:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 16:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 1:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 22:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 74:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 89:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 5:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

John 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Thes. 2:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 4:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 121:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 7:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 316 93 409
NT 227 25 252
Matt. 33 1 34
Mark 28 2 30
Luke 40 1 41
John 24 5 29
Acts 26 6 32
Rom. 15 0 15
1 Cor. 15 5 20
2 Cor. 5 1 6
Gal. 4 1 5
Eph. 2 0 2
Philip. 4 0 4
Col. 1 0 1
1 Thes. 5 0 5
2 Thes. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 3 1 4
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Philem. 2 0 2
Heb. 6 1 7
James 3 1 4
2 Pet. 1 0 1
1 Jn. 2 0 2
Jude 2 0 2
Rev. 4 0 4
BM 147 175 322
DC 41 65 106
PGP 9 25 34
TOTAL 740 383 1123

Mark 5:19
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

Mark 7:7
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.